Paul (@paulofamerica) • Collective gay friends app

Paul @paulofamerica

Well, I guess this has turned into a log of my favorite works of art and my chest hair. I was born in 1977. Terms and conditions apply.

My Cowboy Carter fit

Collective requires all users to report any concerts attended. Happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸

I married the one. June 20, 2025

Bizzy bizzy lately 🐝 💻 🌈

Happy Pride. We managed to find free cocktails and disco ball making 🪩 at the Maryland Center for Culture and History. Also, a wonderful exhibit that documents the queer history in Baltimore.

Oh the shenanigans

Happy Memorial Day to all who celebrate. I don’t usually drink hard cider, but when I do, it’s in an empty gay bar.

I’m required to report that today is my 48th birthday. Also, I’m really into this book right now. How Far the Light Reaches is a fascinating blend of science and memoir that explores the curious lives of deep sea creatures alongside the author’s own queer, transformative journey. I love it!

💐 ❤️ ✈️ 🫂

Never mind. I managed to score a shirt. I always get what I want. And still turning this into a shameless thirst trap.

Bike to Work Week has concluded. I didn’t get that t-shirt but I did get a few fun freebies like a backpack, fanny pack, and a sweat towel. Also, it’s “no pants Friday”. Also, I’m required to report that I got a haircut yesterday. Share the road! 🚙 🚵🚕🚵‍♀️🚶🚵‍♂️

Bike to work day 3. Hot take: I don’t ever really wear a helmet.

Biking to work is glamorous. 🌧️

It’s Bike To Work Week here! 🚲🚲 That means I get a free t-shirt and an opportunity to endorse an activity I love.

I’m a good cook too ya know

What a great way to start my Friday morning ☀️

My first encounter with a Collectivista in the wild. It was an honor to meet THE @sam-avocado who invited me to a talent show at The Stud 🐎 in San Francisco.

I’ll stop spamming you with highlights of my art museum trip, but the fact that I got to spend two minutes alone in this Yayoi Kukusama installation was a miracle and I’m still in awe.

Left conference to let art make me feel things. Olafur Eliasson, One-way color tunnel. The artist wants you to reevaluate your causal relationship with the environment: "Taking one's time means to engage actively in a spatial and temporal situation, either within the museum or in the outside world."

Conference mode on. Fun fact: I detest networking.

This is one of my favorite books, but I don’t know anyone else who has read it.

It’s a “Good Friday” for a cocktail. What can I make for you? 🍸 🍹 🥃

Sometimes you’ve gotta eat a whole cucumber 🥒 🥢

Random trivia: In Washington DC., this is the consulate of what country?

Overheard a guard yell, “No photography in the Rothko room!” on my way out of the Phillips Collection Museum in DC - was a selfie in the Rothko Room appropriate?

Alfonso Ossorio’s Mother and Child (1951) was influenced from Jackson Pollock’s techniques as well as his interest in religious iconography after visiting the Philippines. Many of his works explore themes of identity and spirituality, influenced by his Catholic upbringing and his own homosexuality.

All Collective users must report any new haircut to the app within 12 hours of receipt of service. Also it’s no pants Friday.

Hairy Bradshaw needs a vacation 🌴 (Santa Marta, Colombia 2022)

How can it be that I’m addicted to another Sophie Ellis-Bextor song 22 years later?

Just attempted to buy Lady Gaga tickets in the presale...it didn’t go well. Next attempt on Thursday at noon. Looking forward to being 87,706th in the queue again. ⚡️ 🎫

It’s spring in Baltimore lest you forget.

On Fridays we don’t wear pants.

Werking on a Saturday 😱

Siempre pa lante ⏩⏩⏩ Miguel Luciano, Pa-lan-te, 2017: Smithsonian American Art Museum

Felt fashionable today. A rarity. Uniqlo on top. A.P.C. jeans with shoes by my favorite Brazilian menswear brand Reserva. I think this is an OOTD

Me with my favorite phallic piece of architecture the Torre Latinoamericana in Mexico City. He withstood an 8.1 magnitude earthquake and is still erect.

Every day is bike-to-work day. Just glad it’s not below freezing anymore. 🚴‍♂️

Morning trot goes perfectly with this smooth song